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    Soviet Union found success again at the 1976 Olympics when they won the silver for the second time. The Soviet Union continued to have scattered success throughout the Olympics‚ winning the bronze in 1988 and the gold in 1992

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    aliimg.com/photo/v0/60187317267_6/good_quality_tin_brass_pipe_price_made.jpg 3. Bronze is any alloy of copper which is comprised of 88% copper and 12% tin. Medals are manufactured from bronze. Bearings are made from this alloy due to its friction properties..B8 bronze is another type of alloy which is comprised of 92% copper and 8% tin. It is also used for making bells with bell metal and 23% tin 4. Silicon Bronzes are part of high strength brasses. These contain less than 20%zinc and 6% silicon

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    the Grecian islands was composed of three different cultures: * Cycladic (Cyclades Islands) 3000-2000 BCE * Minoan (Crete) 3000-1400 BCE * Mycenaean 1400-1100 BCE According to Stokstad‚ on the Cycladic Islands‚ late Neolithic and early Bronze Age people had a thriving culture. They engaged in agriculture‚ herding‚ some crafts‚ and trade. They used local stone to build and fortify towns and hillside burial chambers. He continues stating that their art is the major source of information

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    Isaac I. Myers was made from bronze. The exquisiteness and robustness of bronze contaminants have made them one the most popular ingredients for cast metallic sculptures throughout the past. It’s confrontation to splintering allows artists to sculpt extended its forms in simulated “strokes‚” and due to natural or chemically-induced discolorations‚ bronze can take on innumerable gorgeous‚ down-to-earth shades of the artist’s choice. The Compress Worker‚ a medium is a bronze piece which is strong like

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    iron for weaponry instead of bronze. Iron has a few advantages over bronze. One being that because bronze is an alloy of copper and tin whereas iron is a naturally occurring element‚ iron weaponry is cheaper to produce in large quantities because you only need a single source. You can also obtain a tactical advantage over your enemy by cutting off one of their sources of tin or copper‚ and leaving them unable to produce more weapons. Iron is also less dense than bronze. This means that the same size

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    flask and allow contents to settle. 10.Decant liquid from solid. 11.Wash solid with water and decant again. 12.Add 4M HCl until solid disappears‚ then add 1-2 ml excess. 13.Add 1g of aluminum to flask. Data/Observations 1.Start with 1g of orange/bronze solid. 2.When HNO3 is added to Cu a dark orange gas is formed. 3.Clear‚ blue liquid forms when Cu is fully reacted. 4.Solid blue precipitate forms when NaOH is added. 5.When heated‚ solution turns black. 6.When settled‚ a dark crystalline solid

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    British AND Dutch East India Companies Tokugawa Shogunate (and Shogun‚ daimyo and samurai AND relations with the world) Silver drain Potosí‚ Bolivia Little Ice Age and “soft gold” Atlantic slave trade and the African diaspora Kingdoms of Dahomey and Benin Ayuba Suleiman Diallo Questions 1. a. What drove European involvement in the world of Asian commerce? b. In what ways did Europeans to an extent transform earlier patterns of commerce? And‚ in what ways did they assimilate into those old patterns

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    in the loss of many lives. The peace keeping force of ECOMOG had advantage on the ground‚ sea and air‚ using Gunboats on the seas‚ and Alpha Jet Bombers in the air. Operation Octopus lasted for three months and a ceasefire ensued in the capital of Benin

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    Ancient Greece art is beautifully decorated by the craftsmen. Art was made with bronze‚ gold‚ silver but the most that Greeks used to make is metal to make art. But there was something stronger than metal‚ it was…..iron‚ iron is harder than metal. Metal can be melted down and made into something else‚ many metal sculptures and other metal items were melted down so they could be for other things. The Greeks made many things like bowls and vases‚ cauldrons‚ knives and daggers‚ shields‚ armour‚ decorative

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    June: 46 what is the code for July? a) 27 b) 32 c) 47 d) 52" "What is the next letter in the sequence? J‚ F‚ M‚ A‚ M‚ J‚....?" What comes next in the sequence? "There are 5 locked treasure chests- one made of gold‚ one of silver‚ one of bronze‚ one of glass‚ and one of wood. There are also 5 keys- one in each material. The gold key unlocks

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